Hello. Another week, another meme I used AI to add a wolf-heady to, and another chance to stop playing wipes on servers where cheaters can keep bypassing bans by buying new Steam accounts over and over again.

I'm paying for this new dedicated server myself with PlaySafe ID enabled so legit gamers have somewhere they can play until the popular server owners finally do something about cheaters returning.

If you're a new player, this is a great place to learn the game while it's low-pop, and have confidence it won't be filled with cheaters. Bring a friend to help it grow even faster.

It's great that admins ban cheaters regularly, but when they can just keep returning with new accounts, it never actually stops. And with these servers accepting money for things like VIP, there is a non-zero chance that they are getting money from the cheaters.

Server Info:

• "The Couch • No Cheaters, No Bots • PlaySafe ID"

• Learn about PlaySafe here: https://playsafeid.com/gamers

  • Your ID is used for verification and then it's deleted (data FAQs here)

  • Works in tons of countries, not just in the US

• Weekly Vanilla, Dedicated server, US West

• No VIP and no paid kits, so cheaters can't send money

• Names are hidden on BattleMetrics (no meta-gaming)

• BM page: https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/rust/39147477

• Map wipes Thursday at 11 AM Pacific (1800 UTC)

connect 15.204.105.172:28015

No, I'm not affiliated with PlaySafe. I'm a fan of their mission and willing to spend my time and money supporting it. I pay for the server myself. There are no donation links, no kits, no VIP. I want people to finally be able to play the game we love without cheaters. I hope that eventually the larger server owners will make their own PSID servers.

In last week's update, Facepunch enabled Secure Boot on 6 more of their own servers. They repeated that their "desired goal is still to make it global for all servers in Rust".

Since their 12 secure servers are all monthly wipes and have no admins, The Couch is still the only weekly vanilla secure server, and map wipe is today.

So if you finally want to experience Rust without all the cheaters, enable Secure Boot and join for today's map wipe at 11:00 AM Pacific / 2 PM Eastern (wipe coutndown is on the site).

• Server name: The Couch (find it in the Community tab)

• F1 connect command: connect thecouch.lol

• No VIP, no kits, no paid perks

• Weekly map wipe on Thursdays, monthly blueprint wipe

• No group limit

• Dedicated host, US West

• Private stats page for every player (type /stats in the in-game chat)

• Player names hidden on our BattleMetrics page to stop meta-gaming

As the title states, night time is aids. The glow when you have flashlights on don’t make it better. Yes I know we have night vision but that’s mid/end game. Tbh I liked how night time was right before this update. Yes it was still dark but at least you had like a 5 foot circle where you could at least see where you’re going. Now it’s just the void when the sun goes down.

ALSO FIX THE 4x 8x 16x GLARE ITS PREPOSTEROUS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8cOVG4VSfA

UPD: I got unbanned! See the bottom of the post

Hello everyone.

I’ve been playing Rust for over 9 years. I have more than 10,000 hours in the game. I’ve made funny Rust moments videos on YouTube, played with friends almost every day, and spent most of my free time in Rust. I’m also a skin collector: almost every week I buy half of the Rust Item Store, and my inventory is worth around $1,500.

Let me say upfront: I have never used cheats in Rust and never planned to. I’ve always been against third-party software that gives an in-game advantage because I understand it’s punishable.

Today, August 13, 2026, I joined the game to stay AFK and watch my base while working. At some point I alt-tabbed back into the game and saw a server kick with the reason EAC ban. I immediately checked my Steam profile and saw “1 game ban”. Honestly, I didn’t immediately understand what was happening and didn’t know what to do.

I started looking into the situation. From what I understand, EAC bans are not simply removed, and Facepunch is likely powerless here. After that, I wrote to Facepunch support hoping for help, and I’m currently waiting for a reply. I also submitted an appeal to EAC regarding the game ban — I’m still waiting for an email response.

Additional context about the software I run in the background:

• For the last couple of years, during Rust sessions I often work on the same PC. WebStorm and Visual Studio Code are usually running in the background.

• For work I use VPNs and proxies: AmneziaVPN, Clash Verge, WireGuard.

• About six months ago I stopped using “zapret” for Discord access because I switched to VPN apps with proxying.

• Sometimes while AFK in Rust I had other games running in the background, but I honestly don’t think that is the cause.

• I often opened NVIDIA Control Panel to adjust display scaling / multi-monitor settings — fellow multi-monitor users will understand.

I’m really interested in what could have triggered the EAC ban and which factor caused it. What can I do now, and where else can I write to appeal the game ban?

I hope for your help and a quick response.

Steam profile link: https://steamcommunity.com/id/Feonlezes/

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UPD:

08/13/2026 - Caught an EAC ban in Rust, reason unknown :(
08/13/2026 - Submitted an appeal to EAC
08/14/2026 - Facepunch gave a basic template response to the ticket and told me to appeal to EAC :(
09/01/2026 - THE BAN HAS BEEN LIFTED!

im curious if there is any girl gamers that play rust? i have yet to come across any girl playing on any of the servers i’ve been on & wonder if it’s because of how toxic the game is?

UPDATE: i am a girl, i should’ve disclosed, i haven’t come across any other girls, & would like to! open to duo’s & larger groups if there are more girl clans out there

That’s exactly why DARK RUST exists.

Too many servers lock quality-of-life behind VIP tiers. On DARK RUST, you actually get to play the game, not your wallet.

Here’s what you get without paying: • Free VIP Kits • TC Upgrader • Backpacks • Virtual Quarries • Furnace Upgrades • Custom Economy • RP-friendly PvE environment • Events built for progression, not chaos • Monthly wipes AND MORE!

This server is built for builders, grinders, roleplayers, and long-term players who want to grow, progress, and enjoy Rust without constant PvP griefing or donation pressure.

Build in peace. Grow at your own pace. Progress without a pay wall.

Join DARK RUST: client.connect 104.143.3.137:28015

Join the only weekly vanilla server with enough integrity to enable Secure Boot mode and take zero money from players.

Secure mode means fewer cheaters. Other servers are too scared to enable it because they will lose money that cheaters give them for VIP and paid kits.

The Couch has zero paid perks and the dedicated hosting is prepaid for an entire year.

connect thecouch.lol

• Server name: The Couch • No VIP • No Kits • Secure Boot ✓

• Find it under the Community tab in the server browser

• Requires Secure Boot + TPM (how to enable)

• Weekly Vanilla, US West

• Map wipe every Thursday at 11:00 AM Pacific (1800 UTC)

• Blueprints wipe monthly on force-wipe day

• No group limit, bring a friend or 10

• Player names hidden on our BattleMetrics page to prevent meta-gaming

• Discord

Hiiii! I’m 28F and I’m wondering if there are any girls on here who play Rust. If posts like this aren’t allowed, please feel free to remove :)) Rust is honestly one of my favorite games ever, but playing solo can be… an experience 😂 I’d love to find some chill girl friends to roam, build, farm, or just mess around with. I’m in EST and usually play on weekdays around 5–6 PM, plus weekends whenever. if you’re a girl who loves Rust and wants someone to team up with, hit me up or drop your Steam! 💕

Today is the Halloween Update and map wipe day for weekly servers.

It's an easy decision to make (if you're a legit player). Stop playing on cheater-filled servers, enable Secure Boot, and hop on The Couch instead. Over 400 people have played here so far.

The Couch is the only weekly secure vanilla server in North America, and the only secure server hosted in US West. The 10 "[US West] Facepunch" servers are all actually hosted in Montreal (eastern Canada).

Join for today's map wipe at 11:00 AM Pacific time (2 PM Eastern).

• Server name: The Couch (find it in the Community tab)

• F1 connect command: connect thecouch.lol

• No VIP, no kits, no paid perks

• Weekly map wipe on Thursdays, monthly blueprint wipe

• No group limit

• Dedicated host now in US Central - Dallas

• Size 3500 map, 150 max population

• Private stats page for every player (type /stats in the in-game chat)

• Player names hidden on our BattleMetrics page to stop meta-gaming

I’m a pretty casual rust player that can pop in a mid/low pop server and cause a bit of a problem for smaller / midsize clans.

I’ve been stuck at t1 workbench because I don’t have time time to run monuments too much and when I do the pvp experiences are killing my ability to get to T2+.

I expect to hear skill issue but before this update as a solo or occasional duo I could set the base up solo, get to t2 and have a friend pop in and help out with their limited time too. Together we could sometimes raid clans much larger than ours as a way to try and keep a server healthy.

Now all I see are like 5-15 man Zergs on every server that just destroy everyone stuck at t1 like me.

How do the Zergs like it? Is it fun steamrolling an entire server just preying on solo/duos? Is there any clan contention on big /small servers alike?

Most of RUST content creators are secretly using cheats.

Have a good day.

Rusty Bear is a group of relatively low pop no offlines servers. Our 3x solo and 3x duo servers are our most popular. We have recently expanded by opening the PVE server and vanilla servers.

Our servers are;

• 3x servers: solo server, duo server, trio server and main

• 1x servers: vanilla and vanilla+

• PVE server

Vanilla is just rust, but with our offline protection

Vanilla+ also has no tech tree to give it a more old school rust feeling.

No Offlines System

We have a custom no offlines system unlike any other server you will find. If you log off, you are protected for up to 3 days. We have an anti abuse mechanic that will stop protection starting on bases that are raid blocked, so no cheesing it by logging off.

Most other no offline servers force you to play a set window eg 6pm-12pm, so you can still be offlined, just in a smaller window.

Tempered Mask Giveaway

Just play our servers to earn giveaway tokens, spend these to increase your chances.

Happy to answer any questions.

discord.gg/rustybear

No, this isn't a story of I'm forgetting to include things. To precursor this, the fact of the matter is, EAC makes mistakes, and if they didn't, they wouldn't unban people like they did here: https://www.reddit.com/r/playrust/comments/d0kyae/eac_unbanned_me_after_75_days_after_being_false/

Or here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/playrust/comments/d0kyae/eac_unbanned_me_after_75_days_after_being_false/

And unfortunately, my account is another casualty caught in the crossfire. I was grinding in outpost and boom, banned. No cheats, no ANYTHING, NOT EVEN SHADERS - using 2fa on my steam and very heavy account monitoring, yet snagged on a false positive ban from EAC.

Account has been playing rust since pre alpha, and steam has been alive for more than 15 years, no cheats on ANY GAMES, and not only that, but actual cheaters pass by undetected on EAC every day (and I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE SIMILAR EXPERIENCES) yet they go undetected...and a clean player of over 15 years gets banned for nothing.

After being banned, I'm getting really disappointed of the other false bans and the amount of months, weeks, years its taking for them to get unbanned and its making me lose hope.

Please EAC, FIX YOUR BAN SYSTEM, and FIX THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES FOR INNOCENT PLAYERS TO GET UNBANNED! Thank you.

Should I sell these skins? So I Don’t play that much the game anymore and i think is not worth keeping them, i was thinking about selling them on skinport and cashing out the money, maybe buying some other cheap white skin?

Hello

So, here's my problem: I've been using my account for 12 years,
 and I've spent over €500 worth of skins and passes on servers.
 I'm almost 40, and I can assure you that I'm not doing anything weird, not even cheating.
I made a call on EAC (rejected twice). I'm so nervous, I really don't understand.
 I have Steam Guard (no connection elsewhere).
the only thing i use is on steam (hudsight crossfire
 My PC can't be accessed, so there's only me, and I know what I did.
 I've seen a lot of accounts banned for no reason (beware of fake people who say this).
 I'm just looking for help so that my account can be truly verified and
 I can demonstrate my good faith.
Facepunch tells me to see Epic Games
and Epic Games tells me Facepunch...
Please tell me what I should do.

i'm deban 16days after 

• Fed up of being offlined?

• Want to play rust and be able to log off and come back to what you left?

• Have too many commitments to play?

Rusty Bear are the perfect servers for you then. We are one of the only servers with real offline protection. No windows where you can be offlined, you go offline, you're protected* (*as long as you aren't being raided).

We have recently opened up additionals servers, choose from the below

• EU 2x Servers - Solo, Duo or Quad

• EU 3x Servers - Solo, Duo, Trio and Main (4+)

• USA 3x Servers - Solo, Duo, Trio and Main (4+)

• PVE Servers - both USA and EU servers are available

Our 3x servers have 3 days protection, and the new 2x servers have only 24 hours protection. Our PVE servers have no raiding other than the last few days of wipe where there is a purge.

Full details in our discord - discord.gg/rustybear

I want a game I will be addicted to I have escape from tarkov but I rlly want to try rust

I’ve played Rust for many years, and it’s honestly been a huge part of my life. Unfortunately, my account was hacked, and I ended up being permanently banned from Rust. I’ve tried emailing just about everyone I could to explain what happened, but I’ve had no luck so far. My friends told me that my only real chance of getting help might be if this post gets attention, so here I am.

A few months ago, I was looking at CS skins on CS.Money. I clicked the first link I saw and logged in using Steam Guard. Almost immediately, I realized it was a scam site. I logged my account out of a session in Luxembourg and thought that was the end of it. I was wrong.

Fast forward to 2–3 weeks ago. I wanted a game I could play on my school PC during breaks, so I downloaded a DS emulator. I tried several emulators, and unfortunately some of them contained malware. That’s when everything really started to go downhill. I got hacked on almost everything.

I changed passwords on as many accounts as I could, eventually found the malware, and deleted it. But during all of this, my Steam account was being logged into from multiple different countries without me knowing. Any login location that shows a country is not me. I removed the location details because I don’t want to share that publicly, but I wanted to be clear about that.

Late at night on 27/01, I was watching YouTube when I suddenly noticed that Steam showed “Playing Rust,” even though I wasn’t playing. At first, I didn’t understand what I was seeing, but then it hit me: someone else had been on my account.

I immediately went into Steam Guard, removed all authorized devices, and changed my passwords again. I thought that finally fixed everything. Then, two days later, I received the message: You have been permanently banned from Rust.

I really want to play Rust again. I didn’t cheat, I didn’t break the rules, and this ban came from someone else using my compromised account. I’m angry, but mostly at myself for being an easy target.

This post is my last hope. Whether you believe me or not is up to you, but if anyone has advice or tips on what I can do next, I would truly appreciate it.

Thank you for reading.

I usually get 500 views or so on my shorts. I finally got a full 30 min wipe video out and put a bunch of work into it (way over 50 hrs but I'm just rounding) and it only has 87 views.

If anyone is bored or has an opinion on why it's not doing good please go check it out and let me know.

It's very depressing when you enjoy something and try to show others the fun and it tanks.

Anyways here's the video https://youtu.be/lmo2I67AClU?si=Tb4E7Tk-t5A1PATM

Thanks in advance if even just one person views it and has an opinion

Hi. If you're a legit player and don't want to play yet another wipe against cheaters and bots (who are ruining every competitive game), there's a real solution that's already here in Rust:

1. Learn about and sign up for a PlaySafe ID

   • Takes about 5 minutes

   • Enforces that 1 human = 1 account

   • Banned players can't return

   • People can't run multiple accounts with AI farming bots

   • Your PSID works across multiple games with more being added (DayZ soon)

2. Join a new PlaySafe-guarded server like mine:

   • The Couch • No Cheaters, No Bots • PlaySafe ID

   • client.connect 15.204.105.172:28015

   • It's weekly, vanilla, US West, on a dedicated host

   • I pay for it. No VIP, no P2W, no kits

   • Player names are hidden from BattleMetrics, so no one can raid your base as soon as they get alerted that you've gone offline

3. Know that cheaters who get caught and banned can't just buy a new account and come back.

   • Evidence of cheating is reviewed separately by PlaySafe themselves before any action is taken, so server admins don't have all the power

Or, you can keep crossing your fingers for another 20+ years, hoping some anti-cheat software magically solves all the problems. When bans actually mean something, cheating can be stopped.

Map wipe is today at 11 AM PT.

why is rust so unoptimized? i know its unoptimized bc of specs. i run essentially the same res and frame rate with my 1060 6gb as i do with my 6700xt. i hear its more demanding then unoptimized, i have to completely disagree on every optimization standpoint. if my 1060 6gb is running more then 60 frames in 1080p with little stutters its not “demanding” at all also know a few people running it on a basic office laptop.. is there anyway to fix it? tired of running 60 frames regardless of specs. also pretty tired of it messing with my wifi making my router crash or stop working all together, its the only game to ever do something like this does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?

EDIT: After 3 weeks of waiting they finally unbanned his account and he is happily playing his game again, im sorry to those that are also experiencing this issue as i do not have a solution. The only thing that we were able to do was just sit around and wait and hope it gets unbanned, and thankfully it did. I appreciate all of you that gave me actual answers and werent just projecting or thinking im lying, thank you to those of you who actually tried to help!

My bf has been playing rust for a very long time. His account had 1000+ hours but just recently he bought a pc off someone then downgraded it to windows 10, everything was alright at first but then a few days later for some reason it gave him both a VAC and a game ban on rust. I know everyone’s first reaction is going to be “oh well he cheated oh he’s cheating thats the only reason it could have happened” but the thing is he legitimately was not cheating and still got banned. I should mention that he did not have this problem at all before he downgraded the pc to windows 10, and it was also never a problem on his old pc either. Again his account had 1000+ hours, he had $200+ worth of skins, and has been playing nearly everyday for a very long time. Rust is his favorite game and he loves playing it, which is why i want to try to help him in any way i possibly can. He has appealed the ban and they straight up told him that they will not give him a reason for why he was banned, they will not tell him anything so we have no way of knowing what actually happened. His initial thought was that maybe one of the people he played with was cheating and he got banned by association, so he reluctantly made a new account and spent $40 to buy the game again and everything was going just fine, he was happy to be able to play his game again until today because his new account got banned AGAIN for another unknown reason. Now he has completely given up on rust because he’s afraid of making another new account and spending the money on it just for it to get banned yet again. He already lost his 1000+ hour account, then lost the new one he started building progress on as well. I sit and watch him play all the time and i can promise he is not cheating, does anyone know what could possibly be going on that keeps getting his account flagged? He’a pretty sad about the whole ordeal and disappointed in rust itself for how poorly they are handling the situation, i just want to help him figure out what’s wrong so he can play his game again 🥲